My alarm went off at 6am this morning and I really didn’t want to get up. During the week, I’m usually up and awake by then, however I like to catch up on my ZZZZs on the weekend and sleep in. It didn’t help that I tossed and turned all night long for some reason.…
2020 by the Numbers: Running Through a Pandemic
Well, that was an interesting year. I managed to barely squeak above my 2019 mileage total this year. It wasn’t something that I was targeting, but it just sort of worked out for me. I was tracking well above this through the early part of the year and then dropped back as I took things…
2020 by the Numbers: Going for a Walk
This was a big year for my walking as I’ll top my prior year mileage record by well over 200 miles. Last year, I started dialing up my walking/hiking as a way to add miles without dramatically increasing my injury risk. I’ve found that being a strong hiker can save hours at the end of…
2021 Schedule
Below is my tentative schedule for next year. Considering how 2020 has gone, I’m pretty sure my year won’t end up looking like this once it’s finished. Hopefully, we’ll start to get this pandemic under control by April and most of these races can be held. Given the relatively small fields at most of these…
One More Race?
Stone Mill was supposed to be my last race of the year. I should be smack dab in the middle of my fat and happy training cycle, however there’s a chance I’m not quite done yet with 2020. I was scrolling through run100s.com the other day (no, I don’t have an issue) and I stumbled…
Wait for it. . .
I’m now fully immersed in my off season if my bathroom scale is any indication. I had been going pretty much non-stop since last November so it’s past time for me to dial back the miles and sleep in more often. I don’t necessarily think I was too close to overdoing things, but you never…
2020 Stone Mill 50 Mile Race Report
First off, huge congratulations to the RD and all the volunteers who were able to pull off this year’s Stone Mill 50. I can’t imagine the time and effort required. I felt safe from start to finish. Simply an amazing job. Due to COVID, we started in waves of 20 people every 5 minutes from…
Moments in Time: 2020 Pine Creek 100
80+ miles in; Zero dark something Here’s where I hit my low for the race. You’ll always reach this point eventually in a hundred though the timing and distance changes from race to race. It’s not a physical low, but a mental one. After hours upon hours (or days) of moving, your mind will just…
A Secret to My Success
I’m defining success here as my ability to finish 30+ ultras over the past 6 years. Well, that and to do it without injuring myself along the way. And it’s A secret, not necessarily The secret as I’m sure there are plenty of other things I’m doing that have contributed to my relative longevity in…
My 100 Miler Ranks: 2020 Edition
I started this ranking a couple years ago. No race is exactly the same and since everyone looks for something different when choosing races, I thought I would give you my ranks in various categories. Two flat hundreds (Long Haul, Pine Creek) get added to the lists this year. I’m excluding NJ One Day as…